Genesis 3:23
Strong's Lexicon
Therefore the LORD
יְהוָ֥ה (Yah·weh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3068: Jehovah = 'the existing One' 1) the proper name of the one true God 1a) unpronounced except with the vowel pointings of H0136

God
אֱלֹהִ֖ים (’ĕ·lō·hîm)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 430: 1) (plural) 1a) rulers, judges 1b) divine ones 1c) angels 1d) gods 2) (plural intensive-singular meaning) 2a) god, goddess 2b) godlike one 2c) works or special possessions of God 2d) the (true) God 2e) God

banished him
וַֽיְשַׁלְּחֵ֛הוּ (way·šal·lə·ḥê·hū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7971: 1) to send, send away, let go, stretch out 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to send 1a2) to stretch out, extend, direct 1a3) to send away 1a4) to let loose 1b) (Niphal) to be sent 1c) (Piel) 1c1) to send off or away or out or forth, dismiss, give over, cast out 1c2) to let go, set free 1c3) to shoot forth (of branches) 1c4) to let down 1c5) to shoot 1d) (Pual) to be sent off, be put away, be divorced, be impelled 1e) (Hiphil) to send

from the Garden
מִגַּן־ (mig·gan-)
Preposition-m | Noun - common singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 1588: n m/f 1) garden, enclosure 1a) enclosed garden 1a1) (fig. of a bride) 1b) garden (of plants) n pr loc 1c) Garden of Eden

of Eden
עֵ֑דֶן (‘ê·ḏen)
Noun - proper - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5731: Eden= 'pleasure' n pr m loc 1) the first habitat of man after the creation; site unknown n pr m 2) a Gershonite Levite, son of Joah in the days of king Hezekiah of Judah

to work
לַֽעֲבֹד֙ (la·‘ă·ḇōḏ)
Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct
Strong's Hebrew 5647: 1) to work, serve 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to labour, work, do work 1a2) to work for another, serve another by labour 1a3) to serve as subjects 1a4) to serve (God) 1a5) to serve (with Levitical service) 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) to be worked, be tilled (of land) 1b2) to make oneself a servant 1c) (Pual) to be worked 1d) (Hiphil) 1d1) to compel to labour or work, cause to labour, cause to serve 1d2) to cause to serve as subjects 1e) (Hophal) to be led or enticed to serve

the ground
הָ֣אֲדָמָ֔ה (hā·’ă·ḏā·māh)
Article | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 127: 1) ground, land 1a) ground (as general, tilled, yielding sustenance) 1b) piece of ground, a specific plot of land 1c) earth substance (for building or constructing) 1d) ground as earth's visible surface 1e) land, territory, country 1f) whole inhabited earth 1g) city in Naphtali

from which
אֲשֶׁ֥ר (’ă·šer)
Pronoun - relative
Strong's Hebrew 834: 1) (relative part.) 1a) which, who 1b) that which 2) (conj) 2a) that (in obj clause) 2b) when 2c) since 2d) as 2e) conditional if

he had been taken.
לֻקַּ֖ח (luq·qaḥ)
Verb - QalPass - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3947: 1) to take, get, fetch, lay hold of, seize, receive, acquire, buy, bring, marry, take a wife, snatch, take away 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to take, take in the hand 1a2) to take and carry along 1a3) to take from, take out of, take, carry away, take away 1a4) to take to or for a person, procure, get, take possession of, select, choose, take in marriage, receive, accept 1a5) to take up or upon, put upon 1a6) to fetch 1a7) to take, lead, conduct 1a8) to take, capture, seize 1a9) to take, carry off 1a10) to take (vengeance) 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) to be captured 1b2) to be taken away, be removed 1b3) to be taken, brought unto 1c) (Pual) 1c1) to be taken from or out of 1c2) to be stolen from 1c3) to be taken captive 1c4) to be taken away, be removed 1d) (Hophal) 1d1) to be taken unto, be brought unto 1d2) to be taken out of 1d3) to be taken away 1e) (Hithpael) 1e1) to take hold of oneself 1e2) to flash about (of lightning)

Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
Therefore the LORD God banished him from the Garden of Eden to work the ground from which he had been taken.

Young's Literal Translation
Jehovah God sendeth him forth from the garden of Eden to serve the ground from which he hath been taken;

Holman Christian Standard Bible
So the LORD God sent him away from the garden of Eden to work the ground from which he was taken.

New American Standard Bible
therefore the LORD God sent him out from the garden of Eden, to cultivate the ground from which he was taken.

King James Bible
Therefore the LORD God sent him forth from the garden of Eden, to till the ground from whence he was taken.
Parallel Verses
New International Version
So the LORD God banished him from the Garden of Eden to work the ground from which he had been taken.

New Living Translation
So the LORD God banished them from the Garden of Eden, and he sent Adam out to cultivate the ground from which he had been made.

English Standard Version
therefore the LORD God sent him out from the garden of Eden to work the ground from which he was taken.

New American Standard Bible
therefore the LORD God sent him out from the garden of Eden, to cultivate the ground from which he was taken.

King James Bible
Therefore the LORD God sent him forth from the garden of Eden, to till the ground from whence he was taken.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
So the LORD God sent him away from the garden of Eden to work the ground from which he was taken.

International Standard Version
therefore the LORD God expelled the man from the garden of Eden so he would work the ground from which he had been taken.

NET Bible
So the LORD God expelled him from the orchard in Eden to cultivate the ground from which he had been taken.

American Standard Version
therefore Jehovah God sent him forth from the garden of Eden, to till the ground from whence he was taken.

English Revised Version
therefore the LORD God sent him forth from the garden of Eden, to till the ground from whence he was taken.

Young's Literal Translation
Jehovah God sendeth him forth from the garden of Eden to serve the ground from which he hath been taken;
















Cross References
Genesis 3:22
And the LORD God said, Behold, the man is become as one of us, to know good and evil: and now, lest he put forth his hand, and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live for ever:

Genesis 3:24
So he drove out the man; and he placed at the east of the garden of Eden Cherubims, and a flaming sword which turned every way, to keep the way of the tree of life.

Genesis 1:1
In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.

Genesis 3:21
Unto Adam also and to his wife did the LORD God make coats of skins, and clothed them.

Genesis 3:20
And Adam called his wife's name Eve; because she was the mother of all living.

Genesis 4:1
And Adam knew Eve his wife; and she conceived, and bare Cain, and said, I have gotten a man from the LORD.

Genesis 4:2
And she again bare his brother Abel. And Abel was a keeper of sheep, but Cain was a tiller of the ground.
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